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本科毕业设计（论文） 外 文 翻 译 原文一 ESTATE SALE Travel agents and stockbrokers are nearly obsolete thanks to the Internet Are real estate agents next? Mayur A rora didnt take the death threat very seriously, though he did take the pre-caution of reporting it to police. Hed heard an earful-all of it angry, much of it anonymous--from fellow realtors, ever since launching his discount real estate agency, One Flat Fee, last March. Under pressure from the federal Competition Bureau, the Canadian Real Estate Association had only just introduced interim rules allowing members to offer no-frills services, including simply posting properties on its listing service and leaving the client to show the property, field offers and seal the deal. Arora, based in Surrey, B.C., was one of the first to take advantage. That made him a target for agents who had long relied on commissions and now feared for their livelihoods. He was new to the industry. Hed sold only three houses under the old regime, and was almost embarrassed accepting the commission, feeling he hadnt earned it. Seven months later, following CREAs Oct. 24 ratification of a consent agreement with the Competition Bureau that will permanently open mere posting access to the Multiple Listing Service (MLS), its proprietary database representing about 90% of the homes for sale in Canada, he has 125 listings-most of them no-frills listings for $649 a pop. If the clients complete the sale without further help from Arora, thats all they pay. The former restaurateur was inspired to enter the real estate business two years ago, after paying an agent $19,500 to sell his $650,000 Langley City home. I thought it was like highway robbery, Arora says. He took the necessary courses and exams to obtain his B.C. real estate licence. But instead of getting in on the game, he sought to change it from the inside. . And make no mistake, change is coming to Canadas real estate industry. Nobodys sure exactly how much or how fast, but the